Healing the Scars
Chapter six
A/N Wow! Chapter six already? Thanks to everyone who's been reading, following, favoriting, and reviewing. I appreciate it more than you can understand. I do not own Naruto or any of the characters. Enjoy!
Sakura's POV
I hated this day. I hated this day more than anything else.
The anniversary of Kanagi's death, of my parent's death as well. I was spending most of the day at the hospital, with a murderer in tow. I knew that nobody but Tsunade, Kakashi, Naruto and I would remember what this day held.
I got Sasuke up and told him we had to go to the hospital at six am. He groaned and asked why, to which I replied 'I have to work, you idiot.' He followed me reluctantly into the hospital and fell back asleep in a waiting chair. I worked the entire day, and pulled Sasuke out of there around five. We went back to the house for dinner, in silence, always in silence. I could tell he was confused as to why I was even colder than normal towards him. I wanted him to realize what was going on.
Kakashi and Naruto came by around seven, and that's when the murderer realized what was going on. They were scared to approach because of what happened the day previous, and I didn't even try to fake a smile.
"Sakura?" I heard Kakashi say, snapping me out of my reverie.
"Yes?" I asked, as I noticed they were heading out. I was looking out of the back door at the bridge, knowing how I just wanted to stand there and let the world sink in beneath me.
"Don't stay out there too late, alright? Tsunade said you have the day off of work tomorrow. Get some rest." I nodded my head as Naruto squeezed my hand, whispered something to Sasuke and walked out. Once I felt their presences walk safely down the street, I headed out to the bridge, slamming the back door in Sasuke's face. I didn't have the courage to look at him.
I stood on that bridge for half an hour, clutching Kanagi's necklace and watching the water and remembering. I remembered how Kanagi would come up to me on this bridge and hug my waist from behind, making me smile. He'd whisper in my ear and assure me that everything would turn out alright, because we were together. All that mattered was that we were together. Now, as I closed my eyes I could almost feel his warm embrace and hear his words ride the wind. I wanted him here with me more than anything else in the world.
I was shocked out of my reverie when Sasuke's chakra signature came closer to me. My emotions instantly flared up, not wanting him on the bridge. I turned to him and he had his arms up in a motion like he was surrendering.
"I just want to talk to you." He said.
"Not now. Not today, you can talk to me any other time but today." I said, pleading with him.
"No, Sakura. It has to be now" I didn't understand what he was trying to say, or what he was going to get at.
"Say whatever you have to say quickly."
"Sakura, what happened is inexcusable, but you need to know some things about what happened," he paused. "That night." I nodded, urging him to go on out of curiousity. "First of all, I had a thirst for the blood of people from Konoha. I couldn't control myself, I would've killed anyone at that time. "
"Is that supposed to make it better?" I demanded, he shook his head and continued.
"I didn't know who they were, I was told that they were being watched for months before they were to be…yeah. I was given an address, a date, and a time when they would all be there, and first names only. I didn't know who they were, if I had I would've done something differently."
"Be honest Uchiha, you wouldn't have done anything differently. You would've slaughtered them no matter the relationship."
"There's more." He took a deep breath. "They told me you were dead, that Itachi had murdered you." This I didn't believe. What would be the point to that?
"But…why?" I asked.
"So I would have no reason to return to Konoha. They didn't think you'd be home from you mission to find out who killed them. They didn't want me to come home." I answered.
"You wouldn't have come home for me, Uchiha." I stated clearly.
"Stop calling me that!" he yelled. She whipped her head around and made her way towards me.
"What? You want me to call you Sasuke-kun like we're friends? Pals? Besties? Well here's a newsflash: I stopped looking for you when you MURDERED MY FAMILY!" I was screaming now, and shoving my finger against his chest angrily.
"DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW I FELT WHEN THEY TOLD ME YOU WERE DEAD?" He screamed back at me. I took a step back and turned away from him. "I felt like a monster when you showed up that night, showed up to watch me murder your family like Itachi murdered mine."
"I have nothing left to say to you." I replied.
"You feel hurt all the time, and you want to be alone all the time, don't you?" he whispered, walking closer to me.
"Don't you dare step on this bridge. This was our place." I whispered right back sharply. He took a step back away from the stone bridge.
"Someday, you're going to want to live again." He told me as he walked away.
"You know nothing about LIVING, you're numb! You've always been numb to everything!" I shouted, but he just kept walking away.
I heard the door close and I started sobbing into the stone walls of the bridge. I sat down and buried my head into my legs and curled up, not wanting anyone else to get near me. I wanted to be alone, I needed to be alone. I hated him and what he made me become, and how he took everything away from me. How dare he preach me about living, when he hasn't ever lived. I cried and cried until blackness overtook me.
Sasuke's POV
I watched from the window as she dug herself into a stupor of pain. I knew I had caused it, but I knew if I went out there while she was conscious it would just make her even more mad. She hadn't even noticed all I was trying to do for her, how much I was reaching out to her because I understood. She trusted me, she tried to help me, and I unknowingly betrayed her,
I watched from a tree that night. I watched her hold that mans body and refuse to let him go until Kakashi knocked her out at her pressure point, I watched her cry and cry as they took their bodies away, and whisper things to a dead body about love, and how she would always love him. She watched her parent's die, fall straight in front of her eyes. She held her fiancée until he took his last breath.
She was asleep now, she was too stubborn to come in on her own accord, and I knew I had to go get her so she wouldn't get sick from the cold. Hesitantly and quietly, I opened the door and walked out to the bridge. I hauled her gently into my arms and looked at her sleeping form. She looked peaceful at first, but as I set her down in her bed I noticed how her eyebrows were furrowed and the edges of her mouth were curled into a frown. She started tossing and turning and I knew I had to leave in case she woke up. I quietly made my way out of the room, but not before hearing her say,
"Don't…leave…Kanagi."
What had I done to Sakura?
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